First commercially viable exhaust heat recovery system demonstrated at Brighton University
Rig trials to validate small scale 20kWe system which will be showcased at Linear Power 2015Brighton, UK, 16th June 2015... A new type of automotive waste heat recovery system has been fired up on a recently commissioned test rig at the University of Brighton. The organic rankine cycle test rig uses a novel linear free piston expander to overcome the technical and economic barriers to using rankine cycle technology for automotive waste heat recovery. Initially configured to simulate heavy duty truck applications, the 20kWe system can be scaled down to 3kWe for light duty trucks and